Comedian Jon Stewart once argued that with so many “passionate people” like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. there must be something to the claim that vaccines with thimerosal cause autism. “And if nothing else it does seem that it’s very hard to argue the idea that putting mercury in things—some people would argue that we’re surrounded […]

At least one prominent Democrat supports banning vaccines that he says cause autism. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was profiled in 2014 by The Washington Post on his failing crusade to end vaccines with thimerosal. He even got meetings with a top Democratic Senator to discuss the issue. In fairness to Kennedy he wasn’t alone in […]